Modenese Restaurazionisti

The Restaurazionisti was a reactionary faction in the Duchy of Modena and Reggio that existed in the mid-nineteenth century. The faction was formed by those who opposed the liberalization of Europe and sought to conserve the absolute monarchy; it even opposed the moderate views of the conservative Moderati faction. The Restaurazionisti would be sidelined as the Moderati emerged as the Duke's favored ruling party, as the faction's right-wing views alienated those in society who sought to maintain the pace that the rest of Europe was keeping. The Restaurazionisti dissolved in 1859 when Modena was annexed by Italy.